Airminded 25/04/2010 : Events St Ghislain - Geraardsbergen ceremo

 

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Links A B-25 Back to Belgium The B-25 saga in picture Van Cutsem Windels The Brussels Air Museum Fund The Brussels Air Museum Society   Belgians in SAAF and RAF 1940-1945 The  2nd Tactical Air Force Medium Bombers Association Newsletter page is updated. The back issues of February, May and August are now available on the website of the bamf at http://www.bamf.be/Dispersals/  Coming soon SZB909 des bombes sur St Ghislain 24/04 to 02/05/2010 Click on the image for details Including A B-25 back to Belgium display   Stampe Flyin 15-16/05/2010 Wissant / Audembert Spectacle Aérien le 18 et 19 septembre 2010.  par l'Association de la Mémoire de la Bataille d'Angleterre sur la Côte d'Opale

April, 2010                                                                    Events : St Ghislain & Geraardsbergen   This Friday April, 23rd the exhibition "SZB909 des bombes sur St Ghislain" was inaugurated. You will find hereafter some pictures. This event was possible thanks to the years long researches of Philippes Gilgean. Thanks to him and his scale modeller friends who really made a good job to evocate the price of our freedom. If you are interested by the event please go soon as the exhibition will close on 02/05/2010. Dirk de Quick send us information about a ceremony and the inauguration of a monument in memory of the crew of the Lancaster JI-C (LL652) to be held in Geraadsbergen on May 5th. These young men are still alive in our memory. Thanks to the dedicated persons who help us remember their sacrifice. Please note the rendez-vous at 10:00 Address of the day : Moenebroekstraat, Schendelbeke-Geraardsbergen. More details here thanks to Dirk André Bar prepared the biography of Guy Hanze which is now availlable on the site Belgians in RAF & SAAF 1940-1945. Please click here and navigate to the windows "documents"   Bits & nuts This Saturday, our Friends of the Dutch SKHV (Stichting Koninklijke Luchtmacht Historische Vlucht) visited the B-25 in Grimbergen. They operate the B-25 Sarinha from Gilze-Rijen. Following the successfull move to Grimbergen the page of the project "a B-25 back to Belgium" is updated. If anyone want to sponsor our project, there are still leisure flights in Chipmunk of Piper J3 Cub to win. Visit the page to learn more  The Debongnies booklet continue to attract the attention of Aviation addicts with contacts in Germany, Austria & the Netherlands. Nicolas was contacted by Russian colleagues who are building a replica of the Farman HF VII. They were looking for drawings of the E.N.V. engine as the one used on the Voisin de Caters. Nicolas helped them. Our worldwide network is growing (in blue, countries where we have regular correspondants). . Thanks to Serge & Eric the Comic Strip page is updated with a lot of new marvels Last but not least, next week the book Baron de Caters ou la folie des volants will be availlable. We had the chance to have a look at the book and the iconography is exceptionnal.   Video Tipsy Trainer on Le Crotoy beach for "Centenaire Caudron 2009 en Baie de Somme" Centenaire Caudron 2009 en Baie de Somme Vincent working on the Tipsy Trainer G-AFJR December 2009 by JF Boucher Video by JF Boucher. Taken at the workshop of the Brussels Air Museum Restoration Society, (Bamrs) Royal Army Museum Brussels in December 2009

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Airminded : Pat's Victorie find a new house

 

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Links http://www.rvg.be/ A B-25 Back to Belgium The B-25 saga in picture Van Cutsem Windels The Brussels Air Museum Fund The Brussels Air Museum Society The  2nd Tactical Air Force Medium Bombers Association Newsletter page is updated. The back issues of February, May and August are now available on the website of the bamf at http://www.bamf.be/Dispersals/  Coming soon SZB909 des bombes sur St Ghislain 24/04 to 02/05/2010 Click on the image for details Including A B-25 back to Belgium display   Stampe Flyin 15-16/05/2010 Wissant / Audembert Spectacle Aérien le 18 et 19 septembre 2010.  par l'Association de la Mémoire de la Bataille d'Angleterre sur la Côte d'Opale

April, 2010                                                                    Pat's Victories find a new home http://www.bamfbamrs.be/Bahl/thumbnails.php?album=43&page=1 This Saturday April, 17th, 2010, our B-25 reached the Recreatief Vliegveld Grimbergen. (Being one of the very rare airplane in motion this week end thanks to the Ash cloud over Europe) Let's go back on the week end of October 31st and November 1st. The project « A B-25 Back to Belgium » progressed thru a significant path. One week before, the North American B-25 which is in Belgium since 2005 moved from Lokeren to Melles near Tournai to reach the Van Cutsem – Windels company. The following week, the rear fuselage, the tail and the wings were sandblasted. 17 tons of fine sand was needed to process 245 M2. On the Saturday October 31st ,  the volunteers of the Brussels Air Museum Restoration Society (BAMRS) and the Brussels Air Museum Fund (BAMF) travelled to Melles to work on the airframe. When arriving in Belgium the B-25 "44-30925" was first stored thanks to the Royal Army Museum at the Vissenaeken depot. In 2007, the aircraft moved to New ICC in Lokeren for chemical based anti corrosion process. If New ICC succeeded in processing the wings, the fuselage was too big to be completed. A new partner was searched and after tests, the Van Cutsem Windels company was selected. The enthusiasm and the innovative approach of the manager of the company helped to solve all possible issues. The company is pretty well equipped as well to move the airframe, to sandblast it and to apply a protective primer. During the winter, the airframe was cleaned, one of the main undercarriage leg was disassembled. The rear fuselage, the wings and the central section were painted. In March 2010, the second undercarriage leg was dismantled and the front section was painted. Then the B-25 was ready to move to the Grimbergen to be stored before further restoration. However, we needed to take care to the weather conditions and the transport was to be done under strict environment conditions to avoid nuisances. Finally, all the conditions were filled, the transfer was organized in a few hours by the volunteers. The aircraft left Melles by truck at 11:30 and reached Grimbergen on 14:00. The past and current operations on the airframe will permit to spare years of work usually hand made. A member of the project is already seeking spare parts in the USA to start the following steps and the support from specialized companies is already obtained. “A B-25 Back to Belgium” is a project of the Brussels Air Museum Fund. We still need support. Any individual can also help the project and participate in the remembrance of  RAF, Dutch and Belgian B-25 crews who took part in the liberation of Europe. Please note the Royal Army Museum in Brussels is not taking part in anyway in this operation which is a pure Brussels Air Museum Fund operation. We thanks the Van Custem Windels company, New ICC, the Buyl transport company, www.copiepresse.be, Dirk, the local press (Sud-Presse), No telé , the RTBF, the Recreatief Vliegveld Grimbergen, Florian, Frans, Paul and all the anonymous friends for their precious help. High quality pictures available for publication. See http://www.bamfbamrs.be/Bahl/thumbnails.php?album=43 For more information about project, please visit   A B-25 back to Belgium : http://www.bamfbamrs.be/B25/B25-en.htm Brussels Air Museum Fund : www.bamf.be Brussel Air Museum Restoration Society : http://users.skynet.be/BAMRS/BAMRS.htm

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Airminded : April 2010 André Dillien lists updated - Video

 

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April, 2010

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Links The Brussels Air Museum Fund The Brussels Air Museum Society The  2nd Tactical Air Force Medium Bombers Association Newsletter page is updated. The back issues of February, May and August are now available on the website of the bamf at http://www.bamf.be/Dispersals/  Coming soon SZB909 des bombes sur St Ghislain 24/04 to 02/05/2010 Click on the image for details Including A B-25 back to Belgium display   Stampe Flyin 15-16/05/2010 Wissant / Audembert Spectacle Aérien le 18 et 19 septembre 2010.  par l'Association de la Mémoire de la Bataille d'Angleterre sur la Côte d'Opale

André Dillien lists updated A new update of the lists of André have been just uploaded. 35 files updates more than 2800 pages about the Belgian civil registers, list of Belgian pilots and much more. Visit the lists at André Dillien lists Anciens Aerodromes is also updated see http://www.anciens-aerodromes.com/# Last year, Pierre published a small booklet (45 pages more than 90 illustrations) about the Belgian Pionneer Eugene-Edouard Debongnie. We have a few ones. If someone want a copy, please contact us. We will send your copy at cost.  The book Baron de Caters ou la folie des volants  shall be availlable from May 1st. If you are interested please contact us. 270 pages 214 illustrations en couleur ou noir et blanc. Format: 33 x 23 cm. Price: 55 euros. Video Benz engine LVG C VI Royal Army Museum in Brussels Filmed by Jean-François Bouchez in December 2009, Mike Lewis talks about the Benz engine of the LVG C VI in restoration From Youtube : Gloster Aircraft Company 1917 - 1963 The Gloster Aircraft Company, Limited, known locally as GAC, was a British aircraft manufacturer. The company produced a famous lineage of fighters for the Royal Air Force (RAF); the Grebe, Gladiator, Meteor and Javelin. It also produced the Hawker Hurricane and Hawker Typhoon for the parent company Hawker Siddeley. Gloster produced the first British gas turbine-powered aircraft:

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